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  • A family grouped around a blacksmith's anvil as he holds his tools in the fire. Engraving by Lavasseur and Claessens after A. Fragonard after Le Nain.
  • A blacksmith's forge, in which Divine Love prepares to hammer two hearts into one, with the aid of the Soul, who operates the bellows. Coloured etching, 16--.
  • A blacksmith's forge, in which Divine Love prepares to hammer two hearts into one, with the aid of the Soul, who operates the bellows. Coloured etching, 16--.
  • The forge of a blacksmith: smiths at work, attended by a woman with a child on her lap and two dogs at her feet. Watercolour, ca. 1820.
  • A blacksmith working in his forge, and discussing money with two customers, while a boy shoes a horse. Engraving by C.W. Sharpe after J.M.W. Turner.
  • Two scenes of a farrier extracting a tooth from a male patient and a blacksmith extracting a tooth from a female patient. Etching after J. Harris the elder.
  • A rustic blacksmith turned tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from an anxious woman patient, her husband observes the situation. Mezzotint by J. Wilson after J. Harris the elder.
  • A veterinary surgeon and a blacksmith attacking dandies on velocipedes, in an attempt to preserve the use of horses as a means of transport, and therefore securing their own trades. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1819.
  • Luxor, Egypt; blacksmith selling his wares. Shows men, one with a goat, examining metal implements. Trades such as smithing are often performed by landless villagers who are often amongst the poorest groups. In 1990, as much as 40% of the rural population was landless. These people often provide village services including carpentry, machinery maintenance, and livestock herding or cultivate land for absentee landlords as tenants and sharecroppers. Photographed in January 1990.
  • Travellers visit the smith in his workshop to have their horses shod. Engraving by A.H. Payne after Ph. Wouwermans.
  • A smith makes holes in a sheet of metal on an anvil, other tools lie nearby. Etching by José Garcia Hidalgo.
  • Vulcan [Hephaestus]. Engraving by C. Bloemaert after Pietro da Cortona.
  • Metals: a furnace and various implements used in smithing. Engraving by T. Jefferys.
  • Dr. to John W. Skins, shoeing and general smith, Metheringham : all kinds of agricultural implements repaired.
  • Dr. to John W. Skins, shoeing and general smith, Metheringham : all kinds of agricultural implements repaired.
  • Jewelry maker. Gouache drawing.
  • Marechal Ferrant et Operant- (Farrier shoeing a horse)
  • An iron forge in which metal linings are being applied to the rims of wheels. Engraving by R. Bénard after Harguinier.
  • Sarawak: a Kalabit smithy. Photograph.
  • Local people gathered in a Scottish smithy for food and drink. Etching by W. Lizars, 18--.
  • Marechal Ferrant et Operant (Farrier shoeing a horse)
  • Contraption with straps for holding horse down
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving by T. Cook, c. 1800, after W. Hogarth.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • Men engaged in many trades and professions. Coloured etching.
  • Men engaged in many trades and professions. Coloured etching.
  • Men engaged in many trades and professions. Coloured etching.
  • Men engaged in many trades and professions. Coloured etching.
  • Men engaged in many trades and professions. Coloured etching.